![]() ![]() “ I was thinking that Cassandra was the long shot. “As an Asian American writer, I’m always looking for opportunities to tell stories with Asian-American protagonists,” Kuhn told Polygon, but she assumed that DC Comics would be more interested in pitches about big ticket heroes like Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, and the original Batgirl, Barbara Gordon. While Cassandra Cain is Kuhn’s favorite Batgirl, she never expected to be able to do a book about her. Cass’ origin story evokes powerful themes of fighting your own trauma and choosing your own path - and it’s the focus of DC Comics’ latest YA graphic novel, Shadow of the Batgirl, from writer Sarah Kuhn and artist Nicole Goux. Cassandra Cain is about to burst onto the big screen alongside Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn in Birds of Prey, but before she was a cinematic pickpocket, she was someone much bigger: Batgirl. ![]()
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